Posts Tagged: Lake Tekapo

7/4/2019 After five days in the lovely little village of Arrowtown, I decided to head towards Lake Tekapo. The four hour Intercity Bus journey from Queenstown to Lake Tekapo was long but we took a few breaks along the way. I got a front seat on the bus, as I requested, and was able to… Read more »

3/11/2014 I have 3 months left before my current work visa here in New Zealand expires and I should really be applying for a new work visa now, in order to continue working here. So, what’s the next step, you may ask? As most of my friends and family know, I have been working in… Read more »

5/11/2013 (My Mission To Find A Job In New Zealand & Get A Work Visa) I’m very pleased to say that I’m a step closer to achieving my mission. I had a job interview last week and it went pretty well. The company is called Earth & Sky and it’s an astronomy/tourism business. They provide… Read more »

11/3/2012 I left it a bit late to book my Intercity bus from Mt. Cook to Lake Tekapo and the following morning at 8am, I called Intercity to book my seat. They told me that because all the passenger lists had already been printed they couldn’t reserve a seat for me but to turn up… Read more »

30/10/2009 I was doing research on Lake Tekapo, trying to decide whether to go there or not and while looking at the map, saw that there was a river there, called the Macaulay River. I thought that was very interesting, as my family name is Mc Auley, even though it’s spelled differently and I wanted… Read more »

20/9/2009 After spending 5 days in Kaikoura, I decided to backtrack a little bit and head to Lake Tekapo. It meant going back through Christchurch and on out to the southwest, towards the mountains. I had been to an Observatory in Christchurch and seen a cluster of stars through a small telescope there, called the… Read more »